Two Medicine - Glacier

I went up to the Two Medicine area of Glacier to hike the Pitamkin Pass-Dawson Pass loop - a 19 mile trail. Weather was great (a little windy on the exposed sections).  This is some Beargrass above Oldman Lake on way to Pitamkin Pass

The view from Pitamkin Pass into Pitamkin Lake towards the Cut Bank area

Saw a Ptarmigan with her chicks - this one of them

Looking back towards Pitamkin Pass - this part of the hike was a bit exposed and windy

One of the park boats on Two Medicine Lake with Mt Sinopah in the back ground (how appopriate)

Rockwell Falls on the way up to Cobalt Lake

Teton trip with Ma

Me and Ma went to Driggs to hike around the tetons. This is at Grand Targhee ski area at Marys Saddle with Grand Teton in the background

Flowers werent at their peak but they were beautiful. This blue penstomon was cool

Although a weed, the thistle flowers can be beautful - this is taken from the yard of Fran and Bobs house - they let us use their new home while we were there.  Thanks Fran and Bob!

Sunset on the house

Had a few seconds to get a shot of this mangy fox near church at the entrance to Grand Teton National Park

Me and Ma did a hike around Phelps Lake which was owned by Rockefellers to recently.  They used to have a cabin on the shores - some of their cultivated Columbines still remain with really vibrant colors.  Bee snuck into the picture

Another Columbine

On the way home, we stopped at Upper Mesa Falls

Holland Lake Backpack

Me, Jolie and Aidan backpacked into Bob marshall at Upper Holland Lake for July 4th weekend. This is shot of Holland Lake from the trail - the stuff in the water is not an oil slick - it is pollen from the stream that is entering the lake

This is one of the Sapphire Lakes - beautiful lakes above Upper Holland Lake

The beargrass was great this year - Mission Mountains in the background

I had a brilliant idea to cross a creek via this down log - it worked for me but Jolie wasnt as happy - she burnt her leg on the log that was so hot from the sun

Another view of Holland Lake and the Mission Mountains



Aidan walking up the trail

Everyone is so happy because we are about to heaad down for ice cream and burgers!
 

Desolation Canyon River Trip

Me, Jolie, Connie, Janice and Scott floated 84 miles through Desolation and Grey Canyons in Utah.It was a 7 day trip that was great - took a bunch of nice hikes in side canyons and saw a black bear, ringtail cat, chukars, black bear, bunch of big horn sheep and lots of geckos. 90-100 degrees all week long.  This was our first campsite.

 Sunset at our first camp

 This is called Mushroom rock - Jolie for scale.  We saw the ringtail cat and chukars up the canyon behind this rock

 Sunset from our camp near Mushroom rock

 Another sunset from one of our camps

 Petroglyphs in the Rock Creek drainage

 This big horn sheep was waiting for us to pass by to get some water from Rock Creek

 

 Had my flag stolen by Carsley pirates --- thought all the pirates were in Somalia???

 Sunset from our fourth camp

 Jolie running the biggest rapid of the trip - Joe Hutch

 

 Saw these cute guys near an old rock house below Coal Creek Rapid

 Cactus growing on the old homestead roof

 Views from above School house Section slot canyon



Southern Utah Trip



Jolie and I took trip to Moab and to her parents house in Rockville near Zion National Park.  This is sunrise in Canyonlands at the Green River overlook

Another sunrise view

Another sunrise shot at Green River Overlook

Enjoing the sunrise

Had a great bike ride up to a view of Klondike Bluffs in Arches National Park

A sunset shot into the Windows Section of Arches National Park with LaSal Mountains in background

We didnt see many flowers but did see this prickly pear bloom on Eagles Crag hike near Rockville

We hiked the East Rim trail in Zions and had this great view of Jolley Canyon

Another shot in Arches of Park Avenue in late afternoon





Tetons

Got to stay at Bob and Frans house in Driggs - caught this sunrise on way to skiing Powder at Targhee

Caught sunset on the tip of the grand from the comfort of the enclosed deck

Sleeping Giant

Got a good sunset shot of the Sleeping Giant recently